KIEV, Feb. 26 ??“ Russia and Ukraine are in talks to merge aircraft producing assets in order to create a powerful producer of passenger and cargo planes, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said Monday.

WROCLAW, Feb. 23 ??“ The Czech Republic sees the reversal of the flow of the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline so as to carry Caspian crude to Central Europe as inevitable, deputy foreign minister Jaroslav Basta told Interfax Central Europe.

KIEV, Feb. 23 ??“ Naftogaz Ukrayiny will send a team to Tashkent before March 10 to meet with the top management of Uzbekneftegaz to discuss opportunities to boost Uzbek gas supplies to Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 25 ??“ A pro-Russian opposition group threatened to start street protests in Crimea in reaction to a pressure from the Ukrainian authorities to cancel a local referendum on the status of the Russian language.

KIEV, Feb. 26 ??“ European energy security and supply diversification will dominate talks between Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday, Kaczynski said an in a newspaper interview.

KIEV, Feb. 25 ??“ Ukraine will seek to boost domestic natural gas output by 50% in an attempt to offset likely gas import disruptions during the next winter season, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Saturday.

WARSAW, Feb. 24 - A business plan for the Polish section of the Brody-Plock oil pipeline project, estimated to be worth EUR 500 mln, should be presented on March 15, according to Polish pipeline system operator PERN Director Andrzej Zelechowski.

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 - President Donald Trump is emphasizing that targeting Russia’s oil revenue is the best way to get Moscow to end its nearly three-year war against Ukraine, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Jan 25 – The Ukrainian law enforcers have no doubt about the involvement of Iranian officials, legal entities and individuals in the production and supply of drones to Russia, Head of the Department for Combating Crimes Committed in the Conditions of Armed Conflict of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) Yuriy Bilousov said during the national telethon.

KYIV, Jan 26 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is further aiming at raising interest rates on time deposits by banks, considering their current level to be insufficient, Governor of the National Bank Andriy Pyshny said.